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Luciano Berio 2003 Deaths

Luciano BerioAge: 77 Italian composer who used a variety of devices, including electronic sounds, dramatic spoken word, and mixed media, in his experimental, often sensuous works. His…

Top 10 DVD Sales, 2007

Happy Feet (Warner Home Video) Transformers (Paramount)300 (Warner Home Video)Night at the Museum (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)The Departed (Warner Home Video)Ratatouille (Disney/…

Ronald Ziegler 2003 Deaths

Ronald ZieglerAge: 63 President Nixon's White House press secretary who loyally—and naively—defended the president to the skeptical media during the Watergate crisis. He called the break-in…

Valerie Plame Wilson, 2006 News

former covert CIA agent, and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador, sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, and presidential adviser…

Maria Bailey Biography

Maria Baileyentrepreneur, writer, radio hostBorn: Jan. 20, 1964Birthplace: Miami, Florida An executive in the fields of publishing, marketing, and business development, Maria Bailey has…

Roger Straus 2004 Deaths

Roger StrausAge: 87 publisher who headed Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, one of the most respected publishing houses in the industry. The company remained the last of the independents until…

Joseph Wilson, 2004 News

Joseph Wilson, former ambassador, was partially discredited in July with the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report. Wilson visited Niger in February 2002 to investigate a claim…

Dan Rather, 2004 News

journalist, found himself at the center of a media storm in September, when he and his network, CBS, admitted that they could not definitively prove the authenticity of documents they used…

Political Infighting

1997 News of the Nation In mid-summer, no longer content with fighting across the aisle, Republicans began taking aim at their own members. In late July, a group of dissidents decided to hold…

David Halberstam Biography

journalist and authorBorn: April 10, 1934Birthplace: New York CityDied: April 23, 2007 (Menlo Park, Calif.) David Halberstam made his mark as a journalist…